The 22-year-old man is issued a summons for possession of the synthetic hallucinogenic drug known as bath salts.
October 2011
Defense chief: French jet fired on Gadhafi convoy
PARIS — France’s defense minister says a French fighter jet fired on the convoy carrying ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. Gerard Longuet told reporters in Paris on Thursday that the French strike stopped the convoy of about 80 vehicles heading for Bani Walid, but did not destroy it. He says that fighters on the […]
Law enforcement officials get briefing on bath salts
U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-2nd, who is sponsoring federal legislation to combat the synthetic drug, arranged today’s briefing.
Maine CDC investigating new swine-origin flu
A child in Cumberland County is recovering from the new strain.
Police seek man who robbed Pittsfield pharmacy
PITTSFIELD — A man robbed the Rite Aid pharmacy in town Wednesday night and got away with an undisclosed amount of prescription drugs, police said.
Ohio owner of exotic animals was deep in debt
Terry Thompson had two federal tax liens filed against him last year around the same time he was sentenced to a year prison for possessing unregistered guns. He got out of prison just last month.
With warped vision, Gadhafi maddened Libya, West
The modern Arab world’s longest-ruling figure was a sponsor of terrorism whose regime was blamed for blowing up two passenger jets, who then helped the U.S. in the war on terror.
Police seize guns and drugs in Portland raid
Agents with the Maine Drug Enforcement Agency and officers from Portland’s Crime Reduction Unit executed a search warrant at the apartment Wednesday evening.
Maine father, son plead guilty to Pa. hunting violations
The son pleaded guilty earlier this month to 11 illegal killings and 14 other game offenses. His father pleaded guilty to five illegal killings and a dozen other violations in October and December of 2010.
Gadhafi killed in hometown battle
The former Libyan dictator, 69, is killed by revolutionary fighters in Sirte, two months after his regime fell.